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2024 EVENT SITE
WMIF MAIN SITE7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Picasso Foyer
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Rotunda
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Picasso Ballroom
First Look
Moderators
Giles Boland, MD
President, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization;
Philip H. Cook Distinguished Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Marcela del Carmen, MD
President, Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO);
Executive Vice President, Mass General Brigham;
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Presenters
Natalie Artzi, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Yolonda Colson, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Hermes C. Grillo Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Nobuhiko Hata, PhD
Director, Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
John Hanna, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Leigh Hochberg, MD, PhD
Director of Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Senior Lecturer on Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Daphne Holt, MD, PhD
Director of the Resilience and Prevention Program, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Ole Isacson, MD-PhD
Founding Director, Neuroregeneration Research Institute, McLean Hospital;
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School
Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD
Director, Coronary Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Albert Kim, MD
Assistant Physician, Mass General Cancer Center;
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Vesela Kovacheva, MD, PhD
Director of Translational and Clinical Research, Mass General Brigham;
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Mark Poznansky, MD, PhD
Director, Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Steve and Deborah Gorlin MGH Research Scholar;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Daniel Solomon, MD
Matthew H. Liang Distinguished Chair in Arthritis and Population Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Scott Solomon, MD
Director, Clinical Trials Outcomes Center;
Edward D. Frohlich Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Guillermo Tearney, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Remondi Family Endowed MGH Research Institute Chair;
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Raul Uppot, MD
Interventional Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
David Walt, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
10:20 AM – 10:30 AM
10:30 AM – 10:55 AM
Fireside
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Moderators
Keith Flaherty, MD
Director of Clinical Research, Mass General Cancer Center;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jason Zemansky, PhD
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
Jonathan Carlson, MD, PhD
Director of Chemistry, Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Gad Getz, PhD
Director of Bioinformatics, Krantz Center for Cancer Research and Department of Pathology;
Paul C. Zamecnik Chair in Cancer Research, Mass General Cancer Center;
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Russell Jenkins, MD, PhD
Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Mass General Cancer Center, Center for Melanoma;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Gregory Simon
President, Simonovation
Shannon Stott, PhD
Associate Investigator, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research and Mass General Cancer Center;
d’Arbeloff Research Scholar, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Investigator, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research Harvard Medical School
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Moderators
Tazeen Ahmad
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD
Obesity Medicine Physician Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Caroline Apovian, MD
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Vanita Aroda, MD
Director, Diabetes Clinical Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Paul LaViolette
Managing Partner & COO, SV Health Investors
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Moderators
Adam Landman, MD
Chief Information Officer & SVP, Digital, Mass General Brigham;
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Alec Stranahan, PhD
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
Katherine Andriole, PhD
Director of Academic Research and Education, Mass General Brigham Data Science Office;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
David Blumenthal, MD
Professor of Practice of Public Health and Health Policy, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health;
Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government;
Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School
Faisal Mahmood, PhD
Associate Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
William Morris, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Google Cloud
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Moderators
Roger Hajjar, MD
Director, Gene & Cell Therapy Institute, Mass General Brigham
Charlie Yang, PhD
Large/SMid-Cap Biotech and Major Pharma Analyst, BofA Global Research
Nathan Yozwiak, PhD
Head of Research, Gene and Cell Therapy Institute, Mass General Brigham
Panelists
Samarth Kulkarni, PhD
CEO, CRISPR Therapeutics
Peter Marks, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA
Marcela Maus, MD, PhD
Director of Cellular Therapy and Paula O’Keeffe Chair in Cancer Research, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research and Mass General Cancer Center;
Associate Director, Gene and Cell Therapy Institute, Mass General Brigham;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Joanne Smith-Farrell, PhD
CEO & Director, Be Biopharma
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Moderators
Jason Gerberry
Specialty Pharma and SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Joren Madsen, MD, PhD
Director, MGH Transplant Center;
Paul S. Russell/Warner-Lambert Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD
Director of the Legorreta Center for Clinical Transplantation Tolerance,
A.Benedict Cosimi Chair in Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Richard Pierson III, MD
Scientific Director, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Leonardo Riella, MD, PhD
Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Harold and Ellen Danser Endowed Chair in Transplantation, Harvard Medical School
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Moderator
Alec Stranahan, PhD
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
Gerard Doherty, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief, Mass General Brigham Cancer;
Surgeon-in-Chief, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Moseley Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Daphne Haas-Kogan, MD
Chief, Enterprise Radiation Oncology, Mass General Brigham;
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Benjamin Kann, MD
Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
David Ryan, MD
Physician-in-Chief, Mass General Brigham Cancer;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Moderators
Adam Ron
Health Care Facilities and Managed Care Analyst, BofA Global Research
Marc Succi, MD
Executive Director, Mass General Brigham MESH Incubator;
Associate Chair of Innovation & Commercialization, Mass General Brigham Radiology;
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Christopher Longhurst, MD
Chief Medical & Digital Officer, UC San Diego Health
Rebecca Mishuris, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Mass General Brigham;
Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Shiv Rao, MD
CEO & Founder, Abridge
Alkesh Shah
Head of US Equity Software Research, BofA Global Research
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Moderator
Niyum Gandhi
CFO & Treasurer, Mass General Brigham
Panelists
Fritz François, MD
Executive Vice President and Vice Dean, Chief of Hospital Operations, NYU Langone Health
Susan Huang, MD
EVP, Chief Executive, Providence Clinical Network, Providence Southern CA
Ron Walls, MD
Chief Operating Officer, Mass General Brigham;
Neskey Family Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Moderators
Jason Gerberry
Specialty Pharma and SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Scientific Innovation, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, DMSc
Chief Scientific Advisor, Novo Nordisk
David Grayzel, MD
Partner, Atlas Venture
Christoph Westphal, MD, PhD
General Partner, Longwood Fund
Deborah Wexler, MD
Chief, Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
1:00 PM – 1:20 PM
Picasso Ballroom
1:20 PM – 2:00 PM
Picasso Ballroom
2:05 PM – 2:30 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
2:35 PM – 3:10 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Moderator
Andrew Bressler
Washington Healthcare Policy Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
Rod Hochman, MD
President & CEO, Providence
Anne Klibanski, MD
President & CEO, Mass General Brigham;
Laurie Carrol Guthart Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Kevin Mahoney
CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System
3:10 PM – 3:35 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
3:35 PM – 4:00 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
Moderators
Jason Gerberry
Specialty Pharma and SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Allan Goldstein, MD
Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Surgeon-in-Chief, Mass General for Children;
Marshall K. Bartlett Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Panelist
Christophe Weber
President & CEO, Takeda
4:05 PM – 4:40 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Moderators
Elizabeth Henske, MD
Director, Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Alec Stranahan, PhD
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
Faraz Ali
CEO, Tenaya Therapeutics
Peter Anastasiou
CEO, Capsida Biotherapeutics
Steve Favaloro
Chairman & CEO, Genezen
Alexandria Forbes, PhD
CEO, MeiraGTx
Fraser Wright, PhD
Chief Gene Therapy Officer, Kriya Therapeutics
4:45 PM – 5:20 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Moderator
Tazeen Ahmad
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Angela Shen, MD
Vice President, Strategic Innovation Leaders, Mass General Brigham Innovation
Panelists
Lucas Harrington, PhD
Co-Founder & CSO, Mammoth Biosciences
Raju Prasad, PhD
Chief Financial Officer, CRISPR Therapeutics
Sandi See Tai, MD
Chief Development Officer, Lexeo Therapeutics
5:20 PM – 6:30 PM
Picasso Terrace and Harborside Lawns 1 & 2
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Rotunda
8:00 AM – 8:55 AM
Picasso Ballroom
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Moderators
Caroline Sokol, MD, PhD
Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Alec Stranahan, PhD
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
Dong Feng Chen, MD, PhD
Associate Scientist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Steven Grinspoon, MD
Chief, Metabolism Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Alexandra-Chloé Villani, PhD
Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Moderators
Maurizio Fava, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Jason Gerberry
Specialty Pharma and SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, McLean Hospital;
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Cristina Cusin, MD
Director, MGH Ketamine Clinic and Psychiatrist, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Daniel Karlin, MD
Chief Medical Officer, MindMed
John Krystal, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Jennifer Warner-Schmidt, PhD
Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Transcend Therapeutics
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Moderators
Allen Lutz
Health Care Services Analyst, BofA Global Research
Elsie Taveras, MD
Chief Community Health & Health Equity Officer, Mass General Brigham;
Conrad Taff Endowed Chair and Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Rebecca Mishuris, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Mass General Brigham;
Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Claire-Cecile Pierre, MD
Vice President, Community Health Programs, Mass General Brigham;
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jorge Rodriguez, MD
Clinician-investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Prabhjot Singh, MD, PhD
Senior Advisor, Strategic Initiatives Peterson Health Technology Institute
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Moderators
James Brink, MD
Enterprise Chief, Radiology, Mass General Brigham;
Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
David Louis, MD
Enterprise Chief, Pathology, Mass General Brigham
Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Jason Zemansky, PhD
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
Jasmeer Chhatwal, MD, PhD
Associate Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Pradeep Natarajan, MD
Director of Preventive Cardiology, Paul & Phyllis Fireman Endowed Chair in Vascular Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Yakeel Quiroz, PhD
Director, Familial Dementia Neuroimaging Lab and Director, Multicultural Alzheimer’s Prevention Program, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Paul B. and Sandra M. Edgerley MGH Research Scholar;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Heidi Rehm, PhD
Chief Genomics Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Moderators
Tazeen Ahmad
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Hadine Joffe, MD
Executive Director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology;
Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Paula A. Johnson Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Women’s Health, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Keith Isaacson, MD
Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Infertility, Newton Wellesley Hospital;
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Nawal Nour, MD
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Associate Professor, Kate Macy Ladd Professorship, Harvard Medical School
Kaveeta Vasisht, MD, PharmD
Associate Commissioner, Women’s Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Alice Zheng, MD
Principal, RH Capital
9:50 AM – 10:15 AM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
10:15 AM – 10:40 AM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
10:40 AM – 11:20 AM
Picasso Ballroom
Disruptors
Moderator
Alec Stranahan, PhD
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
David Hyman, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Eli Lilly and Company
Xiayang Qiu, PhD
CEO, Regor Therapeutics
Harith Rajagopalan, MD, PhD
CEO & Co-Founder, Fractyl Health
Adam Steensberg, MD
President & CEO, Zealand Pharma
11:20 AM – 12:00 PM
Picasso Ballroom
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Moderators
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Harvey W. Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Charlie Yang, PhD
Large/SMid-Cap Biotech and Major Pharma Analyst, BofA Global Research
Panelists
Natalie Artzi, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Bryan Choi, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Brain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Alexandra Golby, MD
Neurosurgeon;
Director of Image-guided Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Moderator
Roger Kitterman
Senior Vice President, Ventures and Business Development & Licensing, Mass General Brigham
Managing Partner, Mass General Brigham Ventures
Panelists
Rahul Ballal, PhD
CEO, Mediar Therapeutics
Tim Luker, PhD
VP, Ventures & West Coast Head, Eli Lilly
James Mawson
CEO, Global Corporate Venturing
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Moderators
Tazeen Ahmad
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Katherine Liao, MD
Associate Physician, Department of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Jessica Allegretti, MD
Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Andrew Luster, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology;
Director, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Persis, Cyrus and Marlow B. Harrison Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Thorsten Mempel, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Moderators
Joanna Gajuk
Health Care Facilities and Managed Care Analyst, BofA Global Research
Heather O’Sullivan, MS, RN, AGNP
President, Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home
Panelists
O’Neil Britton, MD
Chief Integration Officer & Executive Vice President, Mass General Brigham
Jatin Dave, MD
Chief Medical Officer, MassHealth;
Director of Clinical Affairs, UMass Chan Medical School
Chemu Lang’at
Chief Operating Officer, Best Buy Health
1:05 PM – 1:45 PM
Picasso Ballroom
1:45 PM – 2:25 PM
Picasso Ballroom
2:25 PM – 2:50 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
2:50 PM – 3:15 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
3:15 PM – 3:20 PM
First Look
3:20 PM – 3:35 PM
3:35 PM – 4:15 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Disruptors
4:20 PM – 4:45 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
4:50 PM – 5:30 PM
Picasso Ballroom
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
South Lawn Tent
7:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Rotunda
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Picasso Foyer
8:30 AM – 8:55 AM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM
Picasso Ballroom
Disruptors
9:45 AM – 10:10 AM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
10:10 AM – 10:20 AM
10:20 AM – 11:00 AM
Picasso Ballroom
11:00 AM – 11:40 AM
Picasso Ballroom
Moderators
Jose Florez, MD, PhD
Physician-in-Chief and Chair, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Bruce Levy, MD
Physician-In-Chief and Co-Chair, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Rox Anderson, MD
Lancer Endowed Chair of Dermatology;
Director, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, MGH;
Professor of Dermatology, HMS
Nicole Davis, PhD
Science communicator
Jean-François Formela, MD
Partner, Atlas Venture
Steven Greenberg, MD
Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
John Lepore, MD
CEO, ProFound Therapeutics;
CEO-Partner, Flagship Pioneering
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Picasso Ballroom
Fireside
Moderators
Tazeen Ahmad
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research
Paul Anderson, MD, PhD
Chief Academic Officer, Mass General Brigham;
K. Frank Austen Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Panelist
Scott Gottlieb, MD
Physician;
Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (2017-2019)
12:30 PM – 12:35 PM
Picasso Ballroom
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